Thread: Skippy Prototype Car ('05-'07): New Skippy Car Components Survey #4 of 8: DATA ACQUISITION
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Old 10-17-2006
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Re: New Skippy Car Components Survey #4 of 8: DATA ACQUISITION

It would be a great option to have and there are some relatively inexpensive systems out there. As always we have to keep the cost from escalating but keep the value to the customer increasing. Tricky business. Personally, I think that there would be a definite increase in value to everyone with data acquisition. The more advanced you get as a driver the more value it would be to you in improving your driving techniques and in all respects it would be a great value to everyone in engine diagnostics and keeping the cars as equally powered as humanly possible. When a customer complains of an engine that is DOP, it should be a simple mater to prove it one way or another within a few minutes with data. I remember that in the Barber Dodge Pro Series this was done frequently. Everyone does it in Star Mazda daily. We would still need our valuable testers to test cars for handling discrepancies and safety issues.

Depending on the cost of the system, perhaps drivers could have “free” information on the dash like lap times, and latch speeds and charge a small fee to download the driving data like speed, brake, and throttle graph’s overlaid on a “target” lap to a memory stick. What do you think?
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